Well, it's been ages since my last big build, so 2012 seems like it is high time to show you my latest. It started off at Xmas as a simple single model build and then grew from there. It ended up including the three Terraclips sets (Streets, Sewers and Buildings of Malifaux), The Maiden, Himmelveil Harbormaster, Himmelveil Canals and some bits and bobs from a few other sets to boot.

The first 4 pix show the entire model, a harbor area of a city from 4 different angles. Please forgive the drying laundry in the background, but it's a wet day here in London.

Here is a close up of The Maiden (more on her later)

and here is a close up of the Harbormaster's house (again more of which later)

Also, there are some smaller ships in the harbor behind the master's house.

Here is the south end of the harbor part of the city, showing the raised section and watchtower.

Here is the exterior of the local pub, The Grinning Griffon

Here are the sewers outflowing into the harbour and the other two watchtowers.

Here are the city gates

A random view that I quite like

and here is the exterior of Ye Olde Magik Shoppe

Now it's time for some interiors. Here is the ground floor of Ye Olde Magik Shoppe

and here are two views of the interior of the 1st floor.

Here are a couple of views of the ground floor of the Harbormasters House

And 3 views of the upper floor.

Now it's time to look inside The Maiden (a build I have been wanting to attempt for 5 years now). Here is the forecastle

Here is the Sterncastle

Here is the bow hull section

Here are three views of the centre hull section

and here is the stern hull section

Now it's time to go outside again and have a closer look at the smaller vessels, this time laden down with goods and booty.

Now back inside, this time it's the ground floor of the Grinning Griffon pub, front and back views

and then a couple of views of the 1st floor of the pub

What more can there be ? Well, we can now go underground into the sewer complex. Firstly, here is the area under Ye Olde Magik Shoppe.

Here is the area around the sewer outflow

and here is the area under the Grinning Griffon

and (almost) finally, the area under the South Watchtower.

One last pic, which is is of the inner sewer area, which will be the site of the climactic battle of the upcoming adventure.

Hope you found them interesting. I'll come back and post one more pic of The Maiden under full sail later in the week (a glorious sight). Now I have to write the actual adventure. Pheeew!

Now you've inspired me to complete my "Maiden" and add it to my river which fortunately, thanks to your photos, is also 18" wide but only 42" long. I hope my other ships don't get too crowded. Your river appears to have a very nice length to it to keep from being too crowded.

Now you've inspired me to complete my "Maiden" and add it to my river which fortunately, thanks to your photos, is also 18" wide but only 42" long. I hope my other ships don't get too crowded. Your river appears to have a very nice length to it to keep from being too crowded.

Cheers Pete.

Yep, The Maiden is one big lady. She needs a fair size dock to berth in.

I suppose it's a relatively minor piece of the whole layout by volume, but given that my own sadly misshapen Maiden is sitting half-finished on the desk directly next to me as I type this, I feel compelled to offer serious kudos on your Maiden-- I'm more than a little jealous of your precise lines and clean edging. The same kudos go for all your other bits as well, of course, which are equally well done; the Maiden is just the thing that jumped out at me.

I suppose it's a relatively minor piece of the whole layout by volume, but given that my own sadly misshapen Maiden is sitting half-finished on the desk directly next to me as I type this, I feel compelled to offer serious kudos on your Maiden-- I'm more than a little jealous of your precise lines and clean edging. The same kudos go for all your other bits as well, of course, which are equally well done; the Maiden is just the thing that jumped out at me.

Thanks for the praise everyone. It makes the numerous late nights and copious eye rolling from my wife more bearable lol.

To seregsarn, I think the "cleanness" of a build comes with practice. I have been doing this for nigh on 8 years now. Patience is also a virtue. Two tips from me. Firstly, with walls, always press them under some books for 24 hours after glueing. Secondly, with edging, don't be afraid to go with bold, black edges almost every time. Thick black edges look much better than washy couloured ones imho. Remember, white is your enemy and must always be covered.

Just EPIC! Thanks for sharing the fruits of your labour with us! You've got something pretty special to share with your players there.

Love seeing the mix of our old and new efforts on the table at the same time. Looks great! Oh and boy, do I have something cool coming up that you can put underneath your sewers

That should get a rise out of him.

On a different note, a store I was in had a poster up for "Hunger Games", but they didn't have enough space, so the side of the poster with the "H" was tucked back in a crack. I stopped and looked twice.

I started building Himmelveil Harbourmaster at Xmas. Followed that up with the Maiden during Jan and Feb. Mar and Apr saw the creation of the Docks and the remaining props were all made in the last week.

I put the design for the build together on the day that I posted the photos, about a week ago, although I had the outline in my head for sometime now.

Just EPIC! Thanks for sharing the fruits of your labour with us! You've got something pretty special to share with your players there.

Love seeing the mix of our old and new efforts on the table at the same time. Looks great! Oh and boy, do I have something cool coming up that you can put underneath your sewers

Yep, the sets went well together. I ran the adventure yesterday and today for the group who absolutely loved it. It all went swimmingly well and finished in an open ended fashion that means that a "part two" will be required soon.

Something to go under the sewers will be a nice surp"rise". I was thinking of building a Lost Halls/Dragon God combo next. I'll hold on for a few weeks I think until I know what is coming.

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